Potato eye remover



April 30, 1957 P. CASTONGUAY 2,790,275

POTATO EYE REMOVER Filed Nov. 4, 1955 IN V EN TOR.

A Lo us P. CASTONG-UAY a 0mm ATTOEN EYS POTATO EYE REMOVER Louis P. Castonguay, Miami, Fla. Application November 4, 1955, Serial No. 544,975 2 Claims. (Cl. 51-166) This invention relates to a potato eye remover and has for its primary object to facilitate the rapid removal of potato eyes, blemishes and like surface defects.

Another object is to enable defects of different contours to be removed from 'a potato.

Still another object is to guard the eyes and face of the user to prevent the material being removed from the potato from interfering with the vision of the user.

Still another object is to facilitate the employment of a receptacle into which the material removed from the potato is deposited.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among its features spaced parallel upwardly inclined legs, parallel arms carried by the legs and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom adjacent the upper ends thereof, parallel feet carried by the legs and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom adjacent the lower ends thereof, a prime mover mounted on the feet and extending thereacross, aligned pillow blocks carried by the arms and extending upwardly therefrom, a driven shaft mounted in the pillow blocks to rotate about a horizontal axis which lies parallel to the prime mover, abrasive heads carried by the shaft for rotation therewith adjacent opposite'ends thereof, and means carried by the prime mover and operatively connected to the driven shaft for rotating it to drive the abrasive heads.

Qther features include a cross bar secured to the feet and extending transversely thereacross adjacent the ends thereof remote from the legs, fasteners extending through the cross bar for anchoring the feet to a table to support the arms in vertically spaced relation thereto, a drive motor mounted on the feet and having a drive shaft that extends across the feet in vertically spaced relation thereto and parallel to the cross bar, a driven shaft mounted in the pillow blocks for rotation about a horizontal axis parallel to the drive shaft, and a shield carried by the legs and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom above the abrasive heads to guard the eyes and face of the user from material removed from potatoes being eyed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a potato eye remover embodying the features of this invention;

Figure 2 is an end view in elevation of the potato eye remover illustrated in Figure 1, showing the same anchored to a table; and

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, spaced parallel upwardly inclined legs are provided adjacent their lower ends with outwardly extending feet 12 which are joined at their ends remote from the legs 10 by a transversely extending cross bar 14 having longitudinally spaced openings extending therethrough for the reception of fasteners 16 by means of which the device is secured nited States Patent to a table T or like horizontal support. Bolted or otherwise secured as by fasteners 18 to the legs 10 adjacent the ends thereof remote from the feet 12 is a plate 20 which extends upwardly beyond the upper ends of the legs 10 and is provided with a curved extension 22 defining a shield or hood designated generally 24, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear. Extending into the plate 20 through the lower edge thereof adjacent opposite legs 10 are slots 26 for a purpose to be more fully hereinafter described.

Carried by the legs 10 and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom adjacent the upper ends thereof are arms 28 upon which are supported upwardly extending aligned pillow blocks 30.

Mounted for rotation in the pillow blocks 30 is a driven shaft 32 which lies along a horizontal axis and has secured to opposite ends outwardly extending abrasive heads 34 and 36 which are secured to said shaft 32 for rotation therewith. The abrasive head 34 is preferably in the form of a cone having a rounded end remote from the shaft 32 while the abrasive head 36 is preferably of generally spherical formation. Carried by the shaft 32 for rotation between the pillow blocks 30 and the abrasive heads 34 and 36 are driven pulleys 38 which are connected through the medium of endless belts 40 with the drive pulleys 42 carried by the drive shaft 44 of a prime mover 46 which is bolted or otherwise secured to the feet 12 and extends thereacross above the level thereof. It will be understood, of course, that the drive shaft 44 of the prime mover 46 lies parallel to the driven shaft 32 and the upper runs of the belts 40 extend through the slots 26 in the shield 24.

In use, it will be evident that the cross bar 14 is bolted or otherwise secured to the table T and owing to the weight of the prime mover 46, the device will be stabilized on the table with the arms 28 extending horizontally in vertically spaced relation to the table by reason of the upward inclination of the legs 10. With the prime mover 46 set into operation, it will be evident that the driven shaft 32 will be rotated through the medium of the endless belts 40 to cause the abrasive heads 34 and 36 to rotate about the axis of the driven shaft 32. When a relatively small surface of the potato is to be removed, it is pressed against the smaller end of the abrasive head 34 and where larger areas are to be removed, the potato may be pressed against either the spherical head 36 or against a portion of the head 34 between the pointed end thereof and the drive shaft 32. The shield 24 will serve to protect the eyes and face of the user from flying particles and owing to the fact that the heads 34 and 36 are supported in elevated relation to the table T, a suitable receptacle R, such as that suggested by the broken lines in Figure 2, may be em ployed to receive the material removed from the potatoes.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

l. A potato eye remover comprising spaced parallel upwardly inclined legs, parallel arms carried by the legs and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom adjacent the upper ends thereof, parallel feet carried by the legs and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom adjacent the lower ends thereof, a prime mover mounted on the feet and extending thereacross, aligned pillow blocks carried by the arms and extending upwardly therefrom, a driven shaft mounted in the pillow blocks to rotate about a horizontal axis which lies parallel to the prime a mover, abrasive heads carried by the shaft for rotation therewith adjacent opposite ends thereof, and means carried by the prime mover and operatively connected to the driven shaft for rotating it to drive the abrasive head 2 A potato eye remover comprising spaced parallel upwardly inclined legs, parallel arms carried by the legs and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom adjacent the upper ends thereof, parallel feet carried by the legs and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom adjacent the lower ends thereof, a cross bar secured to the feet and extending transversely thereacross adjacent the ends thereof remote from the legs, fasteners extending through the cross bar for anchoring the feet to a table to support the arms in vertically spaced relation thereto, a drive motor mounted on the feet and having a drive shaft that extends across the feet in vertically spaced relation thereto and parallel to the cross bar, aligned pillow blocks carried by the arms and extending upwardly therefrom, a driven shaft mounted in the pillow blocks for rotation about a horizontal axis parallel. to the drive shaft, abrasive heads carried by the driven shaft for rotation therewith adjacent opposite ends thereof, means connected to the drive shaft of the motor and operatively connected to the driven shaft for rotating it, and a shield carried by the legs and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom above the abrasive heads.

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